Monthly Archive: May 2014
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll may have said some kind words after his visit to Weeki Wachee, but a new biography shows Elvis Presley was anything but fond...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com BROOKSVILLE, Florida — An investigation into the use of red light cameras has uncovered proof that the city of Brooksville has been using airport screening technology to take photos...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com SPRING HILL, Florida — Angered by new reports that a Six Flags was not coming to the intersection of U.S. 19 and State Road 50, the theme park’s CEO...
The Spring Hill Courier is no stranger to the longstanding journalistic tradition of accepting and publishing letters to the editor. What follows is a sampling of mail we have received on various news events...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com SPRING HILL, Florida — In a sign of Hernando County’s continued downturn, brown bears have begun moving into the shuttered Sweetbay grocery story at Four Corners. The bears first...
By Sandy Yolker | sandy.yolker@springhillcourier.com BROOKSVILLE, Florida — A man was arrested on animal abuse charges last night for allegedly putting his dog in the freezer after it caused him to lose a round...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com SPRING HILL — A man who planned to open up a whites-only Arby’s restaurant on Spring Hill Drive is reversing course after spending the weekend researching his ancestry. “My...
By Marshall Hutkey | marshall.hutkey@springhillcourier.com SPRING HILL, Florida – Famed restaurateur and Food Network host Guy Fieri has announced he will open a Beef ‘O’ Bradys location on Deltona Boulevard. In addition to tried-and-true...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com SPRING HILL, Florida — Hernando County authorities have arrested a 22-year-old man they say spent nine months posing as a seventh-grade student at Powell Middle School. Patrick McHaffey was...
By Frank Fencil | frank.fencil@springhillcourier.com BAYPORT, Florida — Holiday revelers who stopped to regale at the whale that beached itself four days ago got more gore than they bargained for when the 40-ton beast...